Poultry Industry News: Japan

11 December 2018

Lawson tests fried chicken-dispensing robot in TokyoJAPAN, 12 December 2018 - Major convenience store chain Lawson Inc. began experimenting Tuesday with a hot-and-ready food-dispensing robot that looks like its famous mascot, Karaage-kun, at an outlet in Shinagawa Ward, Tokyo...

Nippon Chunky celebrates a great occasion - 50 Years with RossOn November 7, 2017 Nippon Chunky, the exclusive Ross® distributor in Japan, held a celebration for 50 years of well-deserved success with its strong promotion and support of the broiler breeder, as well as its dedication to providing the best after-sales...

05 January 2018

Mitsubishi to Launch Thai Poultry Processing JVJAPAN - Trading house Mitsubishi Corp. intends to open a plant in Thailand to fry, steam and freeze chicken for export to Japan and elsewhere, under a joint venture with local food company Betagro Group....

27 December 2017

Giant Japanese Producer Aims to sell 4B Eggs a Year in IndiaJAPAN - Japan's largest egg producer, Ise Foods, is teaming up with Suzuki Motor in a joint venture to launch major egg production operations in the enormous Indian market, aiming to selling 4 billion eggs annually, about 5 per cent of India's current...

09 October 2017

Researchers Rear Hens Laying Drug-filled EggsJAPAN - The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) Kansai in Osaka Prefecture has succeeded in making hens lay eggs that contain a pharmaceutical agent that can be used to treat such diseases as cancer and hepatitis, it...

16 May 2017

Matsusaka celebrates 50 years with Cobb in JapanThe 50-year association between Itochu and Cobb-Vantress, Inc. in Japan was celebrated at Kaoden, Kikyo-no-ma of Matsusaka City, when a specially engraved globe was presented to Cobb Japan, a joint venture between the two companies....

100th Japan Chunky Association Meeting in Over 40 Year HistoryJAPAN - Three hundred managers from customer companies in Japan attended the 100th JCA in Osaka to recognise the historic milestone and continue to be part of a very productive and successful relationship between Aviagen®, Nippon Chunky and the Ross®...

Roosters Highest on Pecking Order Crow FirstJAPAN - Roosters at the top of the social ladder are the first to crow in the morning, according to newresearch from the Institute of Transformative Biomolecules (ITbM) at Nayoga University....

21 January 2015

Bird Flu Hits Japanese Broiler Breeder FlockJAPAN - Almost 73,000 broiler breeders at a farm in Saga prefecture in the north-west of the island of Kyushu have been culled following the detection of the H5N8 high-path bird flu virus....

16 January 2015

Japanese Layer Flock Hit by Avian FluJAPAN - Culling has begun of a 200,000-bird laying flock in Okayama in the west of Honshu island after confirmation of a highly pathogenic H5 avian flu virus - the fourth outbreak in the country this winter....

31 December 2014

Update on Avian Flu Situation in JapanJAPAN - The latest outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza has led to the culling of 37,000 poultry in Yamaguchi prefecture, which is in the far west of the island of Honshu....